What type of breeds are Penny and Rusty and Sophie?
Penny is a mixed breed; part German Shepherd and part Siberian Husky. Rusty is a Shetland Sheepdog and has inherited a personality which shows his herding ancestry. Sophie is a Golden Retriever and has alredy begun to show us how much she likes to pick things up.

How can I adopt my own little puppy?
Try going to your local SPCA, pound, or animal shelter. They have many loving animals just looking for the right owner to pick them up. That's where we found our little treasure, Penny. Click here to go to the Vancouver SPCA's web site.

What's a good food to feed my little puppy?
We've fed our puppies everything from Puppy Chow to Pro Plan, Techni-Cal to Eukanuba but each puppy will be a little different. After the dog food scare we decided to switch our puppies back to Techni-Cal because it was made in Canada and the ingredients were one protein and one grain (helps with puppies with allergies). It's best if you can stay away from foods that use corn meal because it's just filler (puppies can't digest corn). Also try to stay away from ingredients that say "animal by-products" since you don't know what type of protein was used (ie. "chicken by-products" is okay because you know it's just chicken - but by-products shouldn't be the first ingredient listed). Right now, we're feeding Sophie a mixture of Evanger's Whitefish and Pheasant dry dog food and we're feeding Rusty a mixture of Fromm's Adult Gold and some canned dog food (Evo or Evanger's)

What type of plants should we keep away from our puppies?
There are many plants that could be poisonous to puppies. The following list is not inclusive but is just a guide:

PLANT	TOXIC PARTS	PLANT TYPE
Aconite	roots, foliage, seeds	garden flower
Apple	seeds	cultivated tree
Arrowgrasses	leaves	marsh plants
Atropa belladonna	entire plant esp. seeds, roots	garden herb
Autumn Crocus	entire plant	garden flower
Azaleas	entire plant	cultivated & wild shrub
Baneberry	berries, roots	wildflower
Bird-of-Paradise	pods	garden flower
Black locust	entire plant esp. bark, shoots	tree
Bloodroot	entire plant esp. stem, roots	wildflower, herb
Box	entire plant esp. leaves	ornamental shrub
Buckeye	sprouts, nuts, seeds	tree
Buttercup	entire plant esp. leaves	wildflower, garden herb
Caladium	entire plant	house plant
Carolina jessamine	flowers, leaves	ornamental plant
Castor bean	entire plant esp. beans	house plant
Chinaberry tree	berries	tree
Chockcherries	leaves, cherries, pit	wild shrub
Christmas berry	leaves	shrub
Christmas Rose	rootstock, leaves	garden flower
Common privet	leaves, berries	ornamental shrub
Corn cockle	seeds	wildflower, weed
Cowbane	entire plant esp. roots	wildflower, herb
Cow cockle	seeds	wildflower, weed
Cowslip	entire plant esp. leaves, stem	wildflower, herb
Daffodil	bulbs	garden flower
Daphne	bark, berries, leaves	ornamental shrub
Day lily	entire plant is toxic to cats	garden & wildflower
Death Camas	leaves, stems, seeds, flowers	field herb
Delphinium (Larkspur)	entire plant esp. sprouts	wildflower
Dumbcane	entire plant	house plant
Dutchman's breeches	roots, foliage	wild & garden flower
Easter lily	entire plant is toxic to cats	flowering house plant
Elderberry	leaves, bark, roots, buds	tree
Elephant's ear	entire plant	house plant
English Ivy	entire plant esp. leaves, berries	ornamental vine
European Bittersweet	entire plant esp. berries	vine
False Flax	seeds	wild herb
False hellebore	roots, leaves, seeds	ornamental flower
Fan weed	seeds	wildflower, herb
Field peppergrass	seeds	wildflower, herb
Flax	seedpods	wildflower, herb
Foxglove	leaves	wild & garden flower
Holly	berries	shrub
Horsechestnut	nuts, sprouts	tree
Horse nettle	entire plant esp. berries	wildflower, herb
Hyacinth	bulbs	wild & house plant
Iris	leaves, roots	wild & garden flower
Jack-in-the-pulpit	entire plant esp. roots, leaves	wildflower
Jatropha	seeds	tree, shrub
Jerusalem Cherry	unripe fruit, foliage	ornamental plant
Jimsonweed	entire plant esp. seeds	field plant
Laburum	seeds, pods, flowers	ornamental plant
Lantana	foliage	house plant
Larkspur	young plants	wildflower
Laurels	leaves	shrub
Lily of the valley	leaves, flowers	garden & wildflower
Lupines	seeds, pods	shrub
Manchineel Tree	sap, fruit	tree
Matrimony vine	leaves, shoots	ornamental vine
Mayapple	unripe fruit, roots, foliage	wildflower
Milk vetch	entire plant	wildflower
Mistletoe	berries	house plant
Monkshood	entire plant esp. roots, seeds	wildflower
Moonseed	fruit, roots	vine
Morning glory	seeds, roots	wildflower
Mountain mahogany	leaves	shrub
Mustards	seeds	wildflower
Narcissus	bulbs	garden flower
Nicotiana	leaves	garden flower
Nightshade	leaves, berries	wildflower, vine
Oaks	shoots, leaves	tree
Oleander	leaves	ornamental shrub
Philodendrons	entire plant	house plant
Pokeweed	roots, seeds, berries	field plant
Poinsettia	leaves, stem, flowers	house plant
Poison hemlock	leaves, stem, fruit	field plant
Potato	shoots, sprouts	garden plant
Rattle box	entire plant	wildflower
Rhododendron	leaves	ornamental shrub
Rhubarb	leaves	garden plant
Rosary pea	seeds	house plant
Sago palm	entire plant esp seeds	ornamental plant
Skunk cabbage	entire plant esp roots, leaves	marsh plant
Smartweeds	sap	wildflower
Snow-on-the-mountain	sap	field plant
Sorghum	leaves	grass
Star of Bethlehem	entire plant	wildflower
Velvet grass	leaves	grass
Wild black cherry	leaves, pits	tree
Wild radish	seeds	wildflower
Wisteria	pods, seeds	ornamental plant
Woody aster	entire plant	wildflower
Yellow jessamine	entire plant	ornamental vine
Yellow oleander	entire plant esp. leaves	garden plant
Yellow pine flax	entire plant esp. seedpods	wildflower
Yew	bark, leaves, seeds	ornamental tree